Boot and shoe fastening.



S. WEATHERLEY.

BOOT AND SHOE FASTENING. APPLICATION FILED JAN-191 1914;

1,142,546. Patentediune 8,1915.

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STUART WEATHERLEY, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

Boo'r [AND snon FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 8, 1915.

Application fi1ed January 19, 1914. Serial No. 812,890.

' fastening, as well as for many other purposes where it is desired to provide a simple and quickly operated means for fastening or holding adjoining edges of two portions of material together.

The object of the invention is to provide 7 a simple arrangement and construction for a fastening device of the type indicated and in carrying out the invention, 1 provide a number of oppositely extending members ar ranged in pairs, which members may be constructed of any suitable material and which, when intended for a boot and shoe fastening, may be arranged to be removably engaged in the eyelet of the shoe-top or formed as a part of the eyelet for a permanent fastening. A single cord of lace is passed through openings in the ends of these members and closing and holding the same together, thus closing and holding the shoetop, when the same is pulled, as will be de scribed hereinafter.

The above and other features of construction will appear more fully hereinafter in connection with the description of the several forms of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings like parts in the several views have been given the same reference numerals.

Figure 1 is a front View of a portion of vfastening as applied to boots and shoes, it

a shoe-top illustrating one form of the fastening in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a sectional View through one of the eyelets in the shoe top. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the fastening released and in its partly open position.

The two sections of a shoe-top are shown at 1 and'2, respectively, and, in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, eyelets of the usual form are shown at 3 and 3.

A fastening member 4, having a split end, engages in the eyelet 3, as shown in Fig. 2, and a similar fastening member 5 engages in the opposite eyelet 3. These fastening members extend inwardly in opposite directions from their respective eyelets when in position and are provided at their inner ends with openings which register one and the other when the shoe-tops 1 and I 2 are closed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A single cord or shoe lace 6 is passed through these openings in the several fastening members from the bottom to the top, being secured at the bottom by any suitable means. l/Vhen the cord 6 is pulled from its upper end the fastenings and the two sections of the shoe-top are brought together and held in this closed position by tying or otherwise securing the cord at its upper end. When it is desired to loosen or open the shoe-top the cord is pulled downwardly from an intermediate point, thus loosening the same and permitting the fastenings and shoe-top to be separated and opened, as shown in Fig. 3. The releasing of the cord may be accomplished by grasping the same between two sets of the fastening members and pulling the same downwardly or a suitable tab may be attached loosely to the cord for this purpose, if desired.

The form of the fastening member, shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, may be used with shoes provided with the ordinary eyelets, as the same is readily engaged with or removed from the same. In this form the fastening member 8 is split at its inner end and, after being passed through the eyelet, is bent will be understood that the same is adapted equally well for many other uses, which will suggest themselves, and it will also be seen that the invention may be embodied in a form adapted to be used either in the ordinary eyelets of shoes, etc., with which it is desired to use the same without necessitating any change in the same or the fastening may be arranged as a permanent attachment thereto, as may be desired.

The advantages of simplicity of construction and operation, cheapness of manufacture, improved appearance, etc., will be obvious.

I do not wish to be understood in limiting my invention in any sense to any of the particular forms shoWn and describe'dor to any particular material Which may be used in its constructionand, While the invention is intended primarily as a boot and shoe fasten ing, it will be obvious that the same readily lends itself to various other uses. 7

lhe drawings and description herein are intended asillustrative merely of the inven tion as defined in the accompanying claim and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim is I A detachable shoe fastening device com prising a-plurality of fastening members arranged inpairs, each of said members Copies of thispatnt may be obtained for five cents each, by addressiiig the Commissioner of Batents,

having an enlarged solid outer end and a reduced inner end bent at substantially right angles to the remainder of said member, said inner end being split for a portion of its length only, reduced end being adapted to extend through said eyelet from one side and clench thereon, and openings formed in the enlarged ends of said members, adapted to aline When the shoe top is closed.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 15th day of January, 1914.

V STUART WEATHERLEY. Witnesses: v v l LEWIS J. Doomrrnn, 6 LOUELLA F. LITTLE.

Washington, DIG. 

